The best way to learn Arabic is to take your current knowledge of the language (some information) and build on this knowledge (a bit more) as opposed to taking in an overwhelming number of new words and phrases. If you want to remember new Arabic words here are several helpful tips for conquering new vocabulary.
1. Watch Arabic TV series.
2. Play Arabic video games.
3. Use Arabic flashcards.**
When you start to learn Arabic make sure you do the following:
1. Go back to your previous knowledge of Arabic.
2. Recognize already what you’ve learned and logically expand your Arabic vocabulary and grammar.
3. Break the Arabic language into smaller bits of information for you to digest and remember.
Do not let yourself become overwhelmed but strategize your learning. Focus on learning one Arabic word or expression at a time. Keep repeating your previous knowledge to reinforce your learning.
Continue to add new Arabic vocabulary and grammatical rules to your existing knowledge and before you know it, you’ll have created a solid base of Arabic knowledge and skills to move forward with!
Be sure to Train your ears to the sounds of Arabic!!
Do NOT listen to Arabic without paying attention to it! Do listen to Arabic and give it your full attention and actively participate in the materials that are in Arabic; otherwise, you may be bored with doing it! Find activities you enjoy doing in Arabic, such as watching Arabic television series’, playing games and/or listening to an album or story in Arabic!
Listening is not enough.
You also need to speak and produce as many of the Arabic sounds as possible.
Either way, just keep on practicing!
Find what works best for you, whether that means binge-listening to audiobooks or talking to a native speaker (or both). You might be struggling right now, but in the future, it will all be worth it.